Singer Mary Lambert joins Billy Bush and Kit Hoover on Access Hollywood Live to talk about her Grammy performance with Macklemore, Ryan Lewis and Madonna during the “Same Love” mass wedding ceremony. How emotional was the experience for Mary? And, what was it like having her girlfriend, “The Voice’s” Michelle Chamuel, at the Grammys? Finally, how great was it to work with Madonna? Mary’s album “Welcome to the Age of My Body” is available now.

Mary joined us last week to talk about her new
et. Welcome to the age of my body. Back with
us now. You didn't mention a thing. Did you know
about the wedding. You were being. I was so good.
I'm so proud of myself. You said there might be
something. Some secret. I'm good. Emotionally what was that like
to witness that. I cried for like 48 hours. I
was going through each rehearsal just sobbing. There's a picture
of all of my tissues because, you know, I wrote
the song in two hours. I sat in a vocal
booth. We recorded it in one night. And then to
hear this beautiful choir behind me to hear Madonna singing
my lyric is like beyond -- this magnitude was overwhelming
of like this is the art can do it's so
beautiful. It was like I couldn't even I couldn't handle
it. Did you catch that. Wrote in two hours in.
2 hours. That's a professional writ there. You write song
and slaivd over for like two months and 2 years.
Yes. No I can't quite get it. Sometimes it just
comes. It's nice because they have the framework to it.
They just need, they were looking a chorus so the
chord was there and it was like this works perfectly.
Did Mclemore and Ryan lewis the little hook in the
middle there. Did they say we are charging you with
doing this or you have a shot at it if
you get it right we give it to you or
they say it's yours. Take as long as you need
how did it work out. I think it was sort
like a last resort because they had asked a lot
of people and I was playing music for 4 people.
We had a friend in common that suggested me. I
think they saw a you tube video of me singing.
Bring her in. We'll try it. Send her the track.
You are very humble. Describe your life now from a
year ago. The song was released but it definitely, I
don't think it had gone, I don't think it had
such momentum as it of course as does now. It
was just hitting radio. But I was bartending still. And
living at home and I think I had planned my
first solo tour and hi like, hi had been booking
my own things. Spent the last year trying to learn
and soak up the industry. So performing the song. Madonna
comes out. Queen latifah. All this is happening. What do
you focus on? What are you thinking about? Are you
looking at the couple? Are you lacking at Madonna? Are
you think about your own life? What's going on there.
Well, I think because I was on tour with the
boys like -- you get to a place where you
are performing the Songer night and how do you keep
it fresh and genuine and for me it's really important
to take that, I have a prayer before I go
on stage and what do you say. Well I just,
I think I thank god for the opportunity to be
on a platform to spread this message and to, I
don't know what I did in my life to have
been given this opportunity but I just don't want to
take it for granted and want to use it for
good. You know. I don't want to just use it
for the sake of ego. People on this platform, you
have this beautiful opportunity to do something incredible. Like why
wouldn't you? So I want to take that moment and
like thank you for for giving me this and then
when I'm singing I really, I really want to make
sure that I'm conscious of the impact I make and
I'm really, you know blessed and honored and haveblessed and
honored and have, to be here. You haven't had an
easy life lacking back at the childhood all the way
through. Is music what saved you. Yes. If I couldn't
write if I couldn't sing I woui couldn't sing I
would be dead. Period. You mention you thank god every
night and before you go out. You left your church
didn't you when were you 17. Were you feeling --
funny not funny but I'm think about your faith and
maybe your faith would be shaken with all you went
through. That young aim we talk about it before. You
were assaulted by a group of guys on an army
base which is just horrible and yet your faith is
strong or different. It shifted for sure. I was raised
pent cost.take. The church was passionate in high school. Everybody
goes to this church and the music is cool and
everything is awesome but it was still the ideology of
love the sinner hate the sin which I was I
have this distorted perception of my sexual orientation and so
it was like well as soon as I came out
I was like well, I'm gay. That's really not changing
any time soon but at least what I can do
is apologies to god. Repent every day and like you
are 17 and you feel like you are a freak
already and so to have that, to be the very
shame every day of your life and sitting on the
pew on Sunday crying because of guilt because of who
you love or who you are attracted to and I
like I got to a priest thito a priest this
is not correct. This idea is distorted and my love
is valid and beautiful and I'm not going to apologies
for it. When did you figure out that god is
okay with that or when did it come to terms
with you that he loves me. It took about a
year. It took about a year to really settle in
and it was when I left the church and I
don't have anything bad to say about. I think that
it's just -- I actually think that the evangelical church,
commission anti-is shifting into the beautiful place of love because
love is universal. So I I feel there are a
lot of great churches and there are a lot of
bad churches. For me personally my spiritual, my spiritual world
is a personal one. You are a little coy last
time you have a new girlfriend Michelle sham el. Wish
she was here. She was so darli. So what was
it like sharing the grammy with her and how emotional
to watch the wedding and be there and so proud.
She's wonderful. She's very supportive and she was fantastic. She
was in a gray blazer so it was really nasty
to have her there. She's very supportive. She's in love.
Look at her blushing right there sham el. We love
her tell her to come on. We miss her she
was terrific. Madonna can we talk about Madonna. I have
one question because we talked about it the other day.
Just about it's all heading as far as gay marriage
goes, pretty mostly clear it's all heading to a great
placeall heading to a great place, right. My kids talk
to my kids about it on the way home. Gay
marriage of course. Then you have the older generation. They
and we talk about tolerance. Tolerance goes both ways. Do
you feel and I got the sense that a loft
these older people would feel they are not ready for
it or this is not right they are not bad
people but grew up with the structure in their lives.
Totally. And that structure sort of keeps them from falling
apart. Right. I think tolerance is a funny word because
you tolerate having gas. You know what I mean. You
don't tolerate love. Like love is there. You know whetthere.
You know whether I mean. It's crazy to me I
hate that word. I think. People love tolerance. Mclemore uses
tolerance. I know a lot of people do. But words
are so powerful and each word has a connotation and
for me that's not just a word that I just
think it's silly. Do you weren't to get married down
the road. Of course. Better jump in there. Sham Ellis
ready but that's good. Madonna quickly. Everybody is talking about
her. You were up close. Right here singing. Side by
side. Give me a little something like we love Madonna
here how is she looking I love the Cain. She's
great. I was like she walked in for rehearsal she
had the grill on. Get it. She had a grill
on. Colonel sanders and more boss hog. I lick that.
The love something. Mary thank you so much. We love
Mary here. Welcome to the age of my body in
stores rate now. Her book 500 tips for fat girls
is out there. It's fun.